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Kernel Search
GoodBotVerifiedBOTKernel's search crawler that indexes web pages for AI-powered search and retrieval.
Identification
Bot name
Kernel Search
Category
AI Search
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified bot
Cloudflare slug
kernel-search
User-agent patterns
KernelSearchBotUser-agent string
KernelSearchBot/1.0 (+https://www.kernel.sh/docs/bots)
Block or allow Kernel Search
Block it
Add a Disallow rule for KernelSearchBot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block Kernel Search from crawling your entire site User-agent: KernelSearchBot Disallow: / # Allow Kernel Search full access User-agent: KernelSearchBot Allow: /
Allow & verify
Ensure your robots.txt allows KernelSearchBot. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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Last updated September 8, 2026
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